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New comment by ConfuSomu in "Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming"

ConfuSomu — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:43:06 +0000

Indeed, and for more clarification, as Arm's naming scheme easily causes confusion :

ARMv7 and ARMv4, used by the ARM7TDMI processor core in the GBA, NDS and 3DS, are not the same instruction sets. You can indeed find processor cores in recent microcontrollers/SoCs implementing Armv7 or Armv7-M.

The SAM9x60 has an ARM926 core, which implements the Armv5TEJ instruction set, similar to the DS' ARMv5TE instruction set implemented by its ARM946 core. The former has Jazelle while the latter doesn't.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM7#ARM7TDMI and https://onlinedocs.microchip.com/oxy/GUID-B822915F-C375-4172...

New comment by ConfuSomu in "Apple's 512GB Mac Studio vanishes, a quiet acknowledgment of the RAM shortage"

ConfuSomu — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:15:36 +0000

I have been using a Pi 4 as a desktop computer for a few years (didn't have anything else) with an microSD card and without any fan, heatsink or case. Haven't had anything problems. Obviously, this depends on your environment, but it worked fine for me.

New comment by ConfuSomu in "App Store web has exposed all its source code"

ConfuSomu — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:41:46 +0000

Same thing with KDE Plasma and its UIs being written in QML, which allows better separation of business logic (written in C++) and graphical interface (QML Javascript).

New comment by ConfuSomu in "YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers"

ConfuSomu — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 22:12:57 +0000

Then it used to stop at 301 views, while the system was verifying the veracity of the views, or at least, that's what I've been told…

New comment by ConfuSomu in "ARM’s Cortex A53: Tiny but Important"

ConfuSomu — Sun, 28 May 2023 19:31:30 +0000

Yep, this was also the case with my old phone. Opening apps took a while but after that, everything was more fluid afterwards and clearly indicated that storage played a part in the device's slowness. Though, the 1.5 GB ram and the quad-core Cortex-A7 still made the device pretty slow.

New comment by ConfuSomu in "How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way"

ConfuSomu — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:31:36 +0000

it uses both pronouns: she/her and it/its, as written on her website[1].

[1]: https://maia.crimew.gay/

New comment by ConfuSomu in "How to own an airline in 3 easy steps and grab the TSA nofly list along the way"

ConfuSomu — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 01:22:06 +0000

she uses both pronoun sets: it/its and she/her[1].

[1]: https://maia.crimew.gay/

New comment by ConfuSomu in "Mastodon’s eternal September begins?"

ConfuSomu — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:27:24 +0000

Exactly, thanks for summarizing the problem with indexing well. Indexing posts is a disservice and a danger to the safely of marginalized communities.

New comment by ConfuSomu in "Microblog.pub – A self-hosted, single-user, ActivityPub powered microblog"

ConfuSomu — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:09:03 +0000

And GoToSocial is also a nice alternative to Mastodon

New comment by ConfuSomu in "Use TouchID to Authenticate Sudo on macOS"

ConfuSomu — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 04:42:06 +0000

This nicely did the trick! Adding the line at the top of /etc/pam.d/system-auth makes sudo authenticate use the fingerprint, which is nicer than always typing my password and gives a streamlined experience between SDDM and sudo.